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Kongjian Yu wins 2023 Cornelia Hahn Oberlander award

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Yu is the second recipient of the prize, which is awarded by the Cultural Landscape Foundation ( TCLF ) for global contributions to the field of landscape architecture. Yu created a theory of urban water management known as "sponge cities". All images courtesy of The Cultural Landscape Foundation.

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The World’s Largest Urban Solar Farmfor Expo 2030 in Rome by CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati

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“Expo 2030 Roma aims to break new ground for World’s Fairs and other large-scale events,” says Carlo Ratti, founding partner of CRA and director of the MIT Senseable City Lab. This new approach to temporary events could become the foundation of a new model for urban development.”. Image © CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati.

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Reflections on Year 1 in New York City [3]

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We arrived on April 1st, 2020, flying on an empty plane between empty airports, at the peak of the first wave of the Coronavirus pandemic. Our days meant working from home, cooking from home, and long masked walks through our new home city, exploring new neighborhoods. The city was quiet - one of the things that struck us the most.

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Spanish Architecture News: Buildings in Spain

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Norman Foster Foundation ‘On Archives’ Masterclass Series. Norman Foster Foundation Madrid. The Norman Foster Foundation (NFF) presents the ‘On Archives’ Masterclass Series, a series which explores the fundamental aspects related to architectural archives and libraries around the world. Spanish Architecture News 2020.

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Lost Masterpieces: 6 Iconic Buildings That Met the Wrecking Ball

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And who can forget Donald Trump’s 2020 executive order aligning “beautiful” federal buildings strictly with classical and traditional styles of architecture? The 1960s heralded a destructive spate of urban development in Brussels, from which the neologism Brusselization was coined.

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Gerkan Marg & Partners – gmp architects

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Owing to Meinhard von Gerkan’s active involvement, the practice has completed over 170 projects in China, including the conversion and extension of the Chinese National Museum in Beijing, and the masterplan for Nanhui New City near Shanghai. Von Gerkan was co-founder of the gmp Foundation and of the Academy for Architectural Culture (aac).

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Richard Rogers Architect, London Architecture

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I only met him once, at the Architecture Foundation in London with my boss Eva Jiricna (ex-Richard Rogers), but his influence was already pervasive on my thinking before starting at architecture school in 1989. 3 Sep 2020. From the Centre Pompidou in Paris to New York City’s post–September 11 skyline, the work of Richard Rogers, Hon.